How do I install installer?

[motorollin]

The IDEfix install icon just specifies "Installer" as its default tool, so putting it anywhere in the path should work. On OS3.1, Installer resides in the C: directory, so overwriting the file C:Installer with the one from Aminet should work.

@caesar
Please open a shell and type the following command:

version c:installer

then post the result.

[motorollin]

It's installed properly then. Try this. Single left click on the "InstallSoftware" icon in the IDEfix directory. Go to the Icons menu and select Information. In the Information window that pops up, change the default tool to "C:Installer" (without the quotes) and then click "save". Then double click the installer again.

[motorollin]

Oh sorry. Ok, in the shell CD to the directory where the IDEfix installer is. Then type

c:installer installsoftware

and see if that works.

[motorollin]

i did a protect idefix97.lha +RWED

You don't need to do that.

then the lha_68000 e idefix97.lha on the amiga

That's not really the best way to extract archives with LHA. Here are some instructions right from the start. All commands should be entered without quotes.

1. Download lha.run, Installer-43_3.lha and IDEfix97.lha from Aminet
2. Copy these files exactly as they are in to the RAM: directory on the Amiga
3. Open a shell
4. Enter the command "cd ram:"
5. Enter the command "protect lha.run +rwed"
6. Enter the command "lha.run"
7. Enter the command "copy lha_68020 c:lha" (replace lha_68020 with the correct version for the Amiga's CPU)
8. Enter the command "lha -x x Installer-43_3.lha ram:"
9. Enter the command "copy installer43_3/Installer c:"
10. Enter the command lha -x x IDEfix97.lha ram:"
11. Double click the "Ram Disk" icon
12. Open the "IDE-fix" drawer
13. Double click the "InstallSoftware" icon

Post any errors in full.

[motorollin]

no installer will not run in a shell either.

What happens when you try?

[motorollin]

installer: file is not executable

Ok, this is probably the cause of your problem. You need to do:

protect c:installer +rwed

then try again. Again, the reason for this is because the archive was decompressed somewhere other than on the Amiga, so the file lost its executable bit.

[motorollin]

It says under $VER in information for InstallSoftware $VER: Install.info 38.3 (05.09.95)

So where do I get the installer version 38.3?

You don't need to. That's the "version" number of the install script created for IDEfix. It does not correspond in any way to the required version of Installer. Did you try using the protect command on c:installer, or the list of instructions I posted above?

[motorollin]

i certainly did.  no luck with any of it.

What happened? Error messages?